She is forced to sew a scarlet-colored letter on the front of her dress in plain view of anyone who might encounter her. ... Hester derives her sense of self-identity from the Scarlet Letter. ... Her fabrication of the Scarlet Letter evokes indignation and resentment from the townspeople. ... Why did she not leave and begin her life anew without the stigma of the Scarlet Letter? ... One would reasonably question such a seemingly unprecedented response. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne creates a story where every emotion is shown. ... The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. ... Jimmy Eat World's two lines summarize The Scarlet Letter and all the characters, "Someone's gonna ask you what it's all about. ... - These two lines ask all the questions about the book. ... Both The Scarlet Letter and A Praise Chorus explain how life has unexpected twists and turns. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter, is a classic tale of human frailty and sin and the hardships that are caused by a single mistake. ... At the same time, The Scarlet Letter, tells the story of one woman's struggle to find meaning in living after disobeying the highly regarded word of God. ... The Scarlet Letter uses dark romanticism as Hawthorne attempts to explain the sinfulness of human nature and why people act as they do. ... Although Hawthorne writes that "The minister beheld there the appearance of an immense letter A (p.152)," one must consider and question ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The character Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter first appears as a beautiful and defiant young woman, but as the story progresses Hester matures and becomes devoted and strong. ... Hester Prynne is charged with the crime and sin of adultery, bears an illegitimate child, is made to stand on a scaffold to be publicly ostracized, and made to wear a scarlet A on her chest for the rest of her existence. ... Hester shows this same defiance when she is questioned on the scaffold for the name os her child's father she replies to their questioning "Never!... ... The...

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• Grade Level: High School

The first few chapters introduce the theme of sin, when they tell the reader about the prison, the scaffold, and how Hester is being publicly condemned for adultery. ... The women of the town criticize her for embroidering the scarlet letter, the symbol of her shame, with such care and in such a flashy manner. ... Chapter five deals with one of the major questions of the book: why does Hester choose to stay in Boston when she is free to leave? ...

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• Grade Level: High School

However other symbols show that he is not redeemed because the scarlet letter was engraved into him, showing that it will always be a part of him and also when he talks to Hester about how they will not stay together in the future. ... It is hard for her to do this because Pearl is a wild child and is a basically the scarlet letter in the flesh. ... However on her tombstone, the scarlet letter still exists showing how one can never escape sin. ... Pearl gets mad when Hester takes off the scarlet letter in the forest because the scarlet letter is what ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Hester In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne gives Hester Prynne the challenge of living in a community where everyone shuns on her the committing adultery. ... Throughout the novel one may obtain confused thought as to how Hester feels about Pearl. ... This question could cause a difference of opinions due to different point of views of different incidents. ... Throughout the novel at different times Hester expresses feelings about Pearl from different aspects of her behavior which all build up to display her love for Pearl. ...

• Word Count: 520
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• Grade Level: High School

Hester Prynne, the leading character of The Scarlet Letter, and Edna Pontellier of The Awakening, are both women with striking similarities and distinctions. ... Additionally both women are in dilemmas about love. ... Edna is very selfish she fails to think about how her actions can affect others, for example the affect of her suicide on her children and husband, Edna is so obsessed about her own rights and needs of trying to become and individual she tramples on other peoples feelings and need. ... Only until recently have women truly obtained equality amongst men and in the eyes of society...

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